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In Bangladesh, Eid-ul-Adha means a massive homebound rush. Every year before the Eid of sacrifice, millions of people leave Dhaka for their hometowns and villages to celebrate with loved ones. Not only from Dhaka, but people from other major...

How Short-Form Video Drives Brand Engagement In the span of just five years, short-form video platforms have shifted from entertainment novelties into essential marketing channels. TikTok, Instagram Reels, and YouTube Shorts are no longer where teenagers share their dance...

When the ink on the Ganges Water Sharing Treaty between Bangladesh and India dried in December 1996, the mood across borders was of guarded optimism. The architects of this historic deal knew damn well it wasn’t made to last...

Agriculture was the primary source of livelihood in ancient Bengal. The agrarian social structure of that time was deeply woven into the social and cultural life of the Bengali people. Archaeological evidence and literary sources dating back to the...

How Artificial Intelligence is Reshaping Power, Privacy, and Democracy The world is not just. That is not a controversial statement. It is a historical fact etched into the lives of billions of people across the Global South. And now, just...

High price of oil, lack of commitment of timely shipment and traditional global banking system, sanction of the European Union (EU) on Russia exports and limitation of Eastern Refinery stand in the way of getting Russian oil to ease...

The USA-Israel imposed war on Iran has hit the overseas employment of Bangladesh  creating an uncertainty in the overseas job market, said Bangladesh Association of International Recruitment Agencies (BAIRA). The manpower export during the last two months plummeted sharply with...

Bangladesh’s automobile industry is currently at an important turning point. With rapid urbanization and a growing demand for affordable and efficient mobility, the way people think about transportation is evolving. Electric vehicles are gradually becoming part of this shift—not...

May Day has always stood as an enduring declaration of workers’ rights. More than a century and a half has passed since the bloodshed of Chicago in 1886. Yet, today we must ask: is the hard-earned “eight-hour workday” truly...

When the waters of the Padma grow quiet in the fading afternoon light, the white domes rising over Rooppur look like tall beacons standing guard over the horizon. For years these structures seemed silent and still, as if waiting...